When the going gets tough, teams want the ball in their superstar\u2019s hands. The Minnesota Timberwolves follow that philosophy for the most part, but tried to stray away during their recent win against the Los Angeles Clippers. Of course, Anthony Edwards took matters into his own hands, revealing that he went against head coach Chris Finch\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves<\/a> found themselves in a close game against the Clippers on Thursday night. After Edwards\u2019<\/a> shot selection didn\u2019t sit well with Finch<\/a>, he implored his star player to make the extra pass instead of forcing a difficult shot. Edwards went on to ignore his coach\u2019s wishes and take a severely contested three-pointer with seconds left on the shot clock.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Thankfully, the shot went in. However, cameras caught Edwards immediately shouting some words at Finch. Following the game, the reigning All-Star Game MVP shed light on what took place during that interaction.<\/p>\n \u201cMe and my coach got the best relationship ever,\u201d Edwards told<\/a> the media. \u201cI mean, he be right most of the time, 98% of the time, he be right. He told me to pass the ball tonight, and I should have passed it, but I shot it instead. And it went in. The basketball gods was on my side tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n Edwards understood that he was a bit out of line, but that\u2019s what happens in the heat of competition. The consequences would\u2019ve been significantly worse if he had missed and Minnesota had gone on to lose the game. Regardless, some people aren\u2019t fans of the optics of Edwards\u2019 actions; Charles Barkley<\/a> being chief among them.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Anthony has to be careful,\u201d Barkley said on ESPN\u2019s Inside the NBA. \u201cAnthony is a great player, but if he\u2019s not gonna listen to the coach, he kind of handicaps the coach.\u201d<\/p>\n By all accounts, it appears that Edwards and Finch have a great relationship. However, Edwards is the face of the franchise. The way he interacts with Finch sets the tone for how everyone else does. If he shows it\u2019s okay to overstep, it could have a trickle down effect with other players on the roster.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cThe other players are watching like, \u2018You let Ant do stuff. You can\u2019t talk to me. I did the same thing Ant did,’\u201d Barkley proclaimed.<\/p>\n The Hall-of-Fame forward has an excellent point. Barkley\u2019s cohost, Shaquille O\u2019Neal, however, commended Edwards on being confident enough in his abilities to lead the charge.<\/p>\n \u201cI like playing with a guy like that. Kobe, D-Wade, and Penny were all like that. You need that guy that say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m taking the last shot. I don\u2019t care what nobody says,’\u201d O\u2019Neal said.<\/p>\n This won\u2019t be a problem as long as everybody understands their role on the team. The Timberwolves have built a great culture on the backs of Edwards and Finch. This shouldn\u2019t be something to look too closely into, but certainly should be monitored.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The post Charles Barkley Warns Anthony Edwards About the Consequences of Publicly Defying Head Coach Chris Finch<\/a> appeared first on The SportsRush<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the going gets tough, teams want the ball in their superstar\u2019s hands. The Minnesota Timberwolves follow that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[375,7,2001,2026,135,307,152,3954,6,308],"class_list":["post-633159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-basketball","tag-charles-barkley","tag-chris-finch","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-minnesotatimberwolves","tag-nba","tag-timberwolves"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116156246613616379","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}